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About Prof Howard Williams

I joined the Department of History & Archaeology at the University of Chester in February 2008 where I continue to pursue both teaching and research focusing on the archaeology of historic periods. Details of my research can be found below but further details can be viewed on my SelectedWorks and Academia.edu websites. You can also follow me on Twitter and Instgram [https://www.instagram.com/profarchaeodeath/]. Read myArchaeodeath blog here.

Teaching

I also contribute to the teaching of the following undergraduate modules:

Introduction to the Archaeology of the British Isles, 10,000 BC - 1900 AD

Debates in World Archaeology

Archaeology and Contemporary Society

I am module leader for the following postgraduate modules:

Research Skills in Archaeology and Heritage

Mortuary Archaeology

Landscapes and Memory

Research Dissertation

Research

My research interests are mortuary archaeology, archaeologies of memory and the history of archaeology. I focus these interests on the study of the British Isles and Scandinavia in the Early Middle Ages (c. AD 400 - 1100).

Williams, H. and Richardson, L. 2018. Death in the Contemporary World: Perspectives from Public Archaeology, AP Online Journal of Public Archaeology 8(2) Special Issue 3. http://dx.doi.org/10.23914/ap.v8i2

Williams, H. and Klevnäs, A. 2019. Dialogues with the dead in Vikings, in P. Hardwick and K. Lister (eds) Vikings and the Vikings: The Norse World(s) of the History Channel Series, Jefferson, NC: McFarland Press. 128−152.

Sanmark, A. and Williams, H. 2019. Things in Vikings, in P. Hardwick and K. Lister (eds) Vikings and the Vikings: The Norse World(s) of the History Channel Series, Jefferson, NC: McFarland Press, 173−200.